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Chethan S July 2nd, 2014 10:13 PM 42 COMMENTS

BSNL is the only mobile operator to offer mobile connectivity To Amarnath Yatris

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited has provided mobile connectivity enroute Holy cave both from Pahalgam as well as from Baltal Route for amarnath yatris with the commissioning of the state of art technology Mobile BTS's, the pilgrims can remain in touch with their families during the entire yatra. Needless to mention that BSNL is the only mobile operator, which is providing the mobile connectivity for the Amarnath yatris. Kudos to BSNL... Read More

Chethan S June 28th, 2014 8:12 PM 75 COMMENTS

Is BSNL Losing out on the Tariff Advantage? We try to Find Out

Since a few months now every operator has been hiking tariffs and BSNL was not left behind. BSNL started with tariff hikes in the broadband segment, followed by landline and cellular telephony. BSNL has always had the reputation of affordable tariffs in the industry and they offered Special Tariff Vouchers (STVs) which enabled common man to save considerably in mobile bills. After the recent spate of hikes, we discovered that... Read More

Chethan S June 11th, 2014 5:49 PM 21 COMMENTS

BSNL Launches Unlimited 3G Mobile Data Plans for Postpaid North Zone Customers

BSNL has launched 2 new Unlimited Postpaid Add On Data Plans for North Zone (Haryana, Punjab, UP(West), Up(East), Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and J&K GSM Mobile Customers. BSNL introduced these new plans in addition to the existing BSNL Add-on Postpaid Plans. The new Add-on Data Packs 240 and 340, allow Unlimited Data usage at monthly charges of Rs.240 and Rs.340 respectively. However in both the Add-on Data Packs the customers... Read More

Ritij June 11th, 2014 7:30 AM 48 COMMENTS

BSNL to charge for “Missed Call Alerts” starting July 1st

BSNL, the state owned telephone corporation has the widest reach in the country if not the best. Missed call alerts are quite an important feature to have on our phones as they let you know about who called while you were out of coverage area or your phone was switched off. BSNL was providing this service for free till now but it looks like that the same will not be... Read More

Chethan S June 9th, 2014 1:58 PM 491 COMMENTS

End of a Golden Era: BSNL to do Away with Night Unlimited Broadband Plans?

Anyone who became a BSNL Broadband customer during 2005-2010 would remember Combo 500 Night Unlimited Plan - a plan that used to offer unlimited internet usage during night at 2 Mbps for Rs. 500 + taxes per month along with a huge number of free call units (I believe 175). It was dream come true for many Indian households who could surf and download at great speeds without worrying about... Read More

Ritij June 7th, 2014 1:21 PM 5 COMMENTS

Exclusive: BSNL to withdraw BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) from service connections

BSNL has issued an internal note regarding the withdrawal of BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) from its service connections. It has come to light earlier that normal data services work just fine on BlackBerry devices even without the BIS (that's true for some other connections as well). As a result, BSNL has asked its circles to withdraw the BIS plans. What it means to BSNL Blackberry Customers: Now let us talk about what... Read More

Ritij June 4th, 2014 8:48 AM 27 COMMENTS

Why could your BSNL broadband be slow?

BSNL is the most widespread network across the country and it is serviceable in places where no other network is. Its broadband services are widely popular too because of the fixed line penetration of the company in the nation. But at times we tend to witness lower download speeds than usual and often end up blaming BSNL for it. So here are some tips that could help you determine as... Read More

Chethan S June 2nd, 2014 9:30 PM 5 COMMENTS

Exclusive: BSNL launches Facebook on USSD in South and East Zone

BSNL has launched Facebook on USSD in East and South Zones and will be shortly launched in West and North Zones in coming days. BSNL customers can access this service without any internet or mobile data services. The service is brought together with their partners U20pia Mobile Facebook for USSD enables users to access their Facebook accounts, view/post status messages, respond to friend requests, write on friends walls, view birthday... Read More

Chethan S May 31st, 2014 8:23 PM 12 COMMENTS

BSNL to Increase On-Net Free Calls from Fixed Phones, provide new STVs to Prepaid Mobile Users

After taking a series of revenue boosting measures in the form of rent increases, freebie reductions etc. BSNL is set to increase the number of free calls from Landlines/WLL (Fixed)/CDMA (Fixed), Rural/Urban Plans. However, with this revision, off-net free calls available earlier will be going away. Customers in most cases would be allowed free calls equal to the rent amount they pay on a monthly basis. These revisions will be... Read More

Chethan S May 29th, 2014 1:41 AM 2 COMMENTS

Exclusive: BSNL To Offer 80% Discount on 3G Data Card, Will Now Cost Rs 700 for 14.4 Mbps Data Card

BSNL has announced the launch of exciting bonanza scheme by offering high speed 3G USB Data Cards of 7.2 Mbps and 14.4 Mbps at Rs 400 and Rs 700 to customers on purchase of longer validity prepaid data plan voucher DPV ( Data Plan Voucher) - 3299. BSNL has launched yearly prepaid Data Plan vouchers DPV-3299, DPV-2299 and DPV-1251 to the customers as a regular tariff some time back which... Read More

Chethan S May 24th, 2014 11:00 AM 28 COMMENTS

Exclusive: BSNL to Reduce Pulse Duration of Calls from BSNL Landline/WLL (Fixed)/CDMA (Fixed) by 33%

Starting June 1, 2014 BSNL Landline/WLL (Fixed)/CDMA (Fixed) customers will end up paying more for a same duration call as the pulse duration will be revised. This comes on the heels of marginal revisions announced for prepaid mobile customers. The impact will be maximum on customers calling BSNL numbers (landline and non-10 digit WLL) as the revision is 33% - earlier 180 seconds to 120 seconds For calls to BSNL... Read More